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UNIONIZATION ] MAY-JUNE 2019
The following are Oregon and Southwest Washington workplaces where workers have decided
whether to be represented by a union. The thumbs-up symbol means workers will be union-
represented. Thumbs-down means they’ll be on their own. “Decert” means a decertification
election, where union-represented workers voted whether to remain union. The information
comes from the National Labor Relations Board and the Oregon Employment Relations Board.
Raymond Thomas
James Coon
Union election results
Employer (Location) Union
Yes-No
Providence Health System (Portland) SEIU Local 49
13-7
^
16-3
^
■ 21 supply chain tech employees employed at 4805 NE Glisan St.
Kesey Enterprises (Eugene) IATSE Local 675
■ 25 stagehands and production workers at McDonald Theater and Cuthbert Ampitheatre
Wise Connect (Portland) IBEW Local 89
14-3
Cynthia Newton
Chris Frost
^
■ 23 GPON technicians
Veterans Care Centers (Lebanon) United Steelworkers
DECERT
75-63 ^
■ 213 registered nurses and support staff at a veterans nursing home
Portland BOEC (Portland) PPA vs AFSCME 189 vs No Union
67-7-0
■ 123 emergency dispatchers at 911 call center
Center for Autism and Related Disorders (Portland) OFNHP
18-4
^
■ 29 behavioral therapists and administrators
EP Minerals (Vale) Operating Engineers Local 701
Melissa Haggerty
Sydney Montanaro
16-20 %
■ 36 heavy equipment operators and maintenance employees
Veterans Care Centers (The Dalles) United Steelworkers
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work but not sure
you need medical
treatment or file a
claim, at least give
the employer notice
that you may have
hurt yourself at work
to protect your rights
later, should you
need to file a claim.
60-37 ^
■ 173 registered nurses and support staff at a veterans nursing home
820 SW Second Ave., Suite 200,
Portland, OR 97204
Unity Center for Behavioral Health (Portland) Ore. Nurses Assn. 128-25 ^
■ 202 registered nurses at a psychiatric emergency and behavioral health center
Scott Sell
Chris Thomas
www.tcnf.legal
Unionization by majority signup
Employer (Location) Union
Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying
(Salem) SEIU Local 503
■ all 13 non-management employees
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Portland-area grocery
workers vote to strike
United Food and Commercial
Workers (UFCW) Local 555 re-
ports that Portland-area grocery
members voted nearly unani-
mously to authorize a strike
against Albertsons, Fred Meyer,
QFC, and Safeway. Since late
May, the union has held strike
votes among Portland-area meat
and grocery workers and Fred
Meyer central checkout and non-
food department workers. Strike
votes continue across Oregon
and Southwest Washington in
July and August, and a strike de-
cision won’t be made until votes
from across the jurisdiction are
aggregated. In contract talks that
passed the one-year mark June
19, the employer group is pro-
posing 25-cent raises, a cut in
health contributions, and no re-
sponse to union research show-
ing that male workers at Fred
Meyer earn on average $1.31 an
hour more than women workers.
WE WON’T CROSS PICKET LINES
Local 555 is asking community
members to sign an online pledge
to honor picket lines if a strike oc-
curs: http://b.link/standwithus
Bethany Sherer
971.978.9534
12/31/19
2018